16:45 Southwell

Monday 6 March 2023

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Star Sports Bet Pipped?! Offer Novices' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 4m 3.71s

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Meetmelater¹³²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Benjamin Poste| T: Mrs R Gasson| OR: 99WS

66/1

Appeared to improve when second of 6 in a Uttoxeter maiden in October and perhaps best to excuse his effort at Bangor later that month. Absent since (has undergone a wind op) and improvement needed now pitched into a handicap.

Form: 08-2P

Daniel Deronda^b1,t²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: J M Quinlan| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 98

18/1

Showed more like his fairly useful Flat form tried in a tongue tie when second in a Southwell novice last March. Has failed to build on that in 4 subsequent starts in this sphere but would have an each-way chance if able to get back on track with blinkers enlisted here.

Form: 524-567

King Otis^t1¹⁰⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Harry Bannister| T: Billy Aprahamian| OR: 96

28/1

Modest ex-Irish maiden hurdler for Kieran Purcell. Tongue strap on for yard/handicap debut and needs to take a sizeable step forward.

Form: P30980

Sorceress Medea^h1,t²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Adam Wedge| T: L Morgan| OR: 92

80/1

Placed first 2 starts in mares' novice/maidens in the summer for Fergal O'Brien. Probably needed the run on debut for this yard over C&D last month but others make more appeal nonetheless.

Form: 2-42357

Silver Atom^t²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Luca Morgan| T: B Pauling| OR: 87

15/2

Lightly-raced maiden who ran his best race to date when fifth of 17 on handicap debut at Doncaster (16.6f) in January. Not in the same form next time but it's probably worth giving him another chance.

Form: 9-55756

Glance At Me²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: J Martin⁽⁷⁾| T: Andrew Martin| OR: 83| D

7/2

Improved second upped to 20.5f on handicap debut/reappearance at Huntingdon in November. Safely held next 2 starts but then improved dropped back at 2m when striking at Lingfield, for which a 7 lb rise is fair enough.

Form: 86-2681

Key Factor⁵⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Lorcan Williams| T: Henry Oliver| OR: 83

17/2

Very little to shout about so far and vast improvement is required now switched to handicap company.

Form: 33-PP07

Superstylin¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: M G Nolan| T: Miss S Smith| OR: 81

8/1

Irish point winner who stepped up on his previous efforts in this sphere when chasing home easy winner Good Time Ahead on his handicap debut at Lingfield Solid each-way chance.

Form: 1-60P72

Telhimlisten^h³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: Sean Quinlan| T: J Candlish| OR: 79| BF

11/10

Lightly-raced hurdler who improved when second in a novice at Musselburgh in November. Not so good next time but step back in the right direction when fourth in a big-field Doncaster handicap latest and he's probably capable of better still.

Form: 38/6-264

Solid Fuel¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: James Best| T: Joanne Thomason-Murphy| OR: 71

33/1

Fair form when second in a Huntingdon bumper last spring but hasn't made much of an impact in his half-a-dozen starts over hurdles.

Form: 366PP5

Forecasts

Telhimlisten (11/10), Glance At Me (7/2), Silver Atom (15/2), Superstylin (8/1), Key Factor (17/2), Daniel Deronda (18/1), King Otis (28/1), Solid Fuel (33/1), Meetmelater (66/1), Sorceress Medea (80/1)

The most interesting of these is TELHIMLISTEN, who failed to land a gamble in a Doncaster handicap last time but his refusal to settle ultimately proved costly. The 7-y-o remains open to improvement and, if he can relax with the hood refitted here, he could take some stopping. Superstylin was an improved second on his handicap bow at Lingfield and he is next on the list ahead of Silver Atom and Glance At Me.